The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BASTINADO
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More clues leading to the result BASTINADO
- Brass work at sustaining tuning note following endless bass beat
- A bandit so bad gets a form of torture
- Thrashing is not a bad form of punishment
- Abstain when whipped and party gives punishment
- It’s bad on a bust and torture on the soles of the feet
- A pain that doesn’t end in wicked old form of torture
- Fortress partially in trouble; gets a beating
- Bully Sinbad to a beating
- Breaking a bond and drinking wine — it’s torture
- Endless culinary action with fuss — it's torture
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The straight part
We know that "torture" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case torture = bastinado.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BASTINADO mean?
BASTINADO noun- A blow with a stick or cudgel.
- Beating the bare soles of the feet with a stick: a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
- To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.